2021-2022 PDMP Annual Report

Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Annual Report | 2021-22 21 Figure 4. Number of Florida prescribers who have searched the PDMS via an integrated solution and prescribed a controlled substance, January 2020 – June 2022. The Department is authorized to enter into agreements or contracts to establish secure connections between the PDMS and a prescribing or dispensing health care practitioner's EHR. In RY21, the PDMP integrated into 2,265 entities' EHR and PDS across the state. Entities include physician offices, clinics, hospitals, health systems, and PDS. Analysis of EHR integration data for the past 18 months, as outlined in figure 4 below, reveals Florida has had 148.66 million successful requests from 81,026 unique prescribers, of which 65,852 were licensed in Florida. Further consolidation based on practitioners with an active DEA registration number illustrates 44,318 prescribers out of 79,965 prescribers who prescribed controlled substances performed a patient lookup via their EHR solution. Compared to RY21, there has been a 10 percent increase from 49.9 to 55.4 in Florida prescribers who have prescribed and searched the PDMS via an integrated solution. With a 55.42 percent integrated solution utilization rate, Florida ranks within the top 25 states in the nation with integrated solution usage. OUTCOME 3